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Show Fr aie Ne FIRST BOOK And after this manner, did my hearts to anger. OF NEPHI. brother PIRST Laman sur up thea ; And it came te pass that the Lord was with us; yea, even the voice of the Lord came and did_speak many words unto to pass that we did again take our journey And we did travel and wade through did give plenty in make the wilderness, And if it so be that the children of men keep the commandments of God, he doth nourish them, and strengthen them, and provide means whereby they can accomplish the thing which he hath commanded them; wherefore, he did provide means land of Jerusalem; for us while And it came to pass that the Lord Thou shalt construct saying: spake unto me, saying: I shall #hew thee, that I yay carry thy people across these waters. Our brother is a fool, for he thinketh that he can build a ship; yea, and he also thinketh that he can cross these great waters. And thus my brethren did complain against me, and were desirous that they might not labor, for they did not believe thatI could build a ship; neither would they believe that ! was instructed of the Lord. ee | And now it came to pass that I, Nephi, was exceeding sorrowful, because of the hardness of their hearts ; and now when they saw that I began to be sorrowful, they were glad in their hearts, insomuch, that they did_rejoice over me, saying: We knew that ye could not construct a ship, for we knew that ye ‘were lacking in judgment; wherefore, thou canst not accomplish so great a work; up into the moun- a ship, after the manner which And when my brethren saw that I was about to build a ship, they began to murmur against me, thee into the mountain. and went I, Nephi, “did” strive to keep {he ford, and I did exhort my brethren did malten out of the rock. +t Arise, and get yea, that I did bring you out of the wherefore, to faithfulness and diligence. A And it came to pass thatI did make tools of the ore which I ~ And it came to pass that after I, Nephi, had been in the land of Bountiful for the space of many days, the voice of the Lord came unto me, saying: shall become sweet, that ye cook it not; the commandments of And it came to pass that we did pitch our tents by the seaShore; and notwithstanding we had suffered many affhctions, and much difficulty, yea, even so much that we cannot write than all, we were exceedingly rejoiced when we came to the seashore ; and we called the place Bountiful, because of its much fruit. And it came to pass that I arose tain, and cried unto the Lord. that thy food liver you from destruction; we did sojourn in the wilderness. And we did sojourn for the space Of many years, yea, even eight years in the wilderness. And we did come te the land which we called Bountiful, because of its much fruit, and also, wild honey; and all these things were prepared of the Lord, that we might not perish.— And we beheld the Sea, which we-calledfrreantum, which be- ing interpreted, is, many waters. to pass and I will also be your light in the wilderness ; and I will prepare the way before you, ifit so be that ye shall keep my commandments ; wherefore, inasmuch as ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall be led towards the promised land ; and ye shall know thatit is by me that ye are led. Yea, and the Lord said also, that after ye have arrived to the promised land, ye shall know that I, the Lord, am God; and that Ij the Lord, did de- of suck for their children, and were must be fulfilled. it came the Lord had not hitherto suffered that we should make much fire, as we journeyed in the wilderness; for he saith,I will strong, yea, even like unto the men; and they began to bear their journeyings without murmurings. And thus we see tha’ the commandments of God And much afflic- And so great were the blessings of the Lord upon us, that while we did live upon raw meat our women to tools to construct the|ship, after the fire, 1 did smite two stones together, that I might make fire, for tion in the wilderness ; and our women did bear children in the wilderness. whither shall I go, that Imay find ore in the wilderness; and we_did travel nearly eastward, from tha’ time forth. Lord, 4%) manner which thou hast shewn unto me? their anger, and did repent of their sins, insomuch, that the Lord did bless us again with food, that we did not perish.¥ it came I saith OP that the Lord told me whither I should go to find ore, that I might make tools. oll And it came to pass that I, Nepn, did maké.bellowseswherewith to blow the fire, of the skins of Beasts; and after that I had made bellowses, that I might have wherewith to blow the them, and did chasten them exceedingly ; and after that they were chastenedby the voice of the Lord, they did turn away : Ch eXViE And And NEPHt. molten, that\I may make BOOK ‘ ‘ I and thou art like unto our father, led away by the foolish imaginations of his heart; yea, he hath ded us out of the land of Jerusalem; and we have wandered in the wilderness for these many years; and our women have _ tolled, being big with child; and they have borne children fe Ne a ; : fa he ese %. in the |